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Trion Founder Bud Thalenfeld Passes
June 01, 2009
David R. "Bud" Thalenfeld, a retail fixture entrepreneur and POPAI Hall of Fame Inductee, passed away Tuesday, May 19, surrounded by his family in Florida. Thalenfeld was founder and CEO of Trion Industries Inc., headquartered in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. In 1965, along with three friends, he founded Trion in Brooklyn, N.Y., to manufacture his innovative fixture concepts. Over time his partners left the firm, and Thalenfeld moved Trion to Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in 1982. Trion has since grown to more than $40 million in sales, and is headed by his on John. Thalenfeld was inducted into the POPAI Hall of Fame and held more than 88 patents for display innovations. He is survived by his wife Lillian; son John; grandchildren Adam and Rebecca; and sisters Harriett Grey and Freda Popsky. A short corporate page is maintained in his memory at http://www.triononline.com/profile/DavidThalenfeld.php.
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DDI visited the new JCPenney department store at Manhattan Mall in New York and spoke with store manager Joe Cardamone. Below is video of that conversation paired with a walk-through tour of the new store. For more on the JCPenney store, look out for DDI's November/December issue mailing out at the end of November.
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